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əadjective Psychology.
of, pertaining to, or situated at the limen.
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Liminal
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- For me, the play takes place in a liminal space and time.
- It's in these liminal spaces that the poet finds himself.
- Turkle somehow manages to present each liminal culture she studies without judgment on the one hand or hard-sell on the other.
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Word Origin & History
liminal
1884, a rare word, from L. limen "threshold." Related: Liminality.
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Medical Dictionary
liminal lim·i·nal (lĭm'ə-nəl)
adj.
Relating to a threshold.
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